Intel: Libya to resume oil production at facilities without militia, Wagner fighters
Tripoli's parliament says it is not on board with a deal struck with with Hifter's son in Russia last week.
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) lifted its force majeure on certain oil facilities this weekend after eastern Libya’s Gen. Khalifa Hifter said on Friday his forces would temporarily lift their months-long blockade on petroleum exports.
The Tripoli-based NOC announced on Saturday it was lifting the force majeure for oilfields and ports where militia fighters and Russia’s Wagner Group paramilitary units were not present.
"Our main concern is to start production and exports, taking into account the safety of workers and operations as well as preventing any attempts to politicize the national oil sector," NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah said in the statement.
Hifter said the blockade would pause for one month, but not say whether military forces aligned with his side would leave the facilities they occcupy.
